US1554222A - Antiglare visualizer - Google Patents

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provide an attachment with a 'reliecting sur@ Patented sept, 22, 119.25.

v ERNEST o; MCQAULEY, or nahen, onfro.

s ANTIGLARE vrsUALi'zEnr-v.

Appl-anion ined my 2s, i923'. semina. 642,223.

T o (171 whom it may concern.

Be it known that I. lnxizs'r G. MCCArLizv, a citizen of the United States, residingv at Dayton. in' the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in .\nti; flarc Yisnalizcrs, of 'which the following; is a specilicatioii.

This invention relates in general to ivindshield attachments for niotoi vehicles and -the like and .more particularly to an attachnient 'for iviiidshiclds which coinhine the .3' provided with adjusting nieans 4.

to the standard hy means of a suitable cla-mp The clanip 3 lia-s a portion 6 adapted to receive an 4adjusting screw T provided `ivith a wil-ig nut 8. A bracl'iet 9 is adapted to-lie niounted on the screw vi'. ',I`liis'liracliet is provided with a fianged portion l0 adapted to hesecured to the {lange-d iortion 1l of :i clamp plate 1Q hy i-neans o a suitaliie adjustiner screw and winer nut 13.

The clamp plate i2 is provided with tivo. clamp plate portions 1-l and A and with several features of an additional u'indsliii-lil suitalilc secu-ringr i-i'ieans l5 for ri;'id'l hold- G0 flare surface, a visiializer oranti-glare device-v a inirror for looking to the rear 'and a device for ie'iectingf headlight glares.

The dilicult)- in operatingif inotor vehicles in the facefof the glare,of:ip proacliingnygfnl;Y1

geen of-"ri" vehicles is well known. lIt ifraiiri n. A in v invention to provide as an attachment; to

a windshield an auxiliary device compris.

ingr principally a sheet of colored glass, cclluloid or the like which can he readily nioved to such a position as to en t ol` the, hlindinr llave of such ap'proachinglr headlights.`

i it is -further the ohjeet of in v ii-iventioiito adapt niv attaclin-iciit. to act as an auxiliaiy windshield or wind flare when not inuse for the a'foienaincd purposes.V y'

lt is aturthei ohjcct of niy invention to tor vehicle Windshield which is' mounted' on the usual standard 2.

The wind flare -5 is adapted to be, secured ingr the wind flare Theivind flare is the necessary degree of 'visihilitj for the su essful operation of the veliic-lewhile ai; sain-e tinie cuttingr ont the blinding glare 0f the headlights of an apl'iroaeh-ing vehi- 4cele... Near itsA upper portion the ivind fiaie is provided with a reflecting surface 16 which operates as a niirroi' provid-ing for vision to the rear .when the wind flare. is in its outivard position and ivi-zich operates as a reflector' to reflect the glare of vthe headlights of an approaching vehicle to ivzirii its operator to dini his headlights, f

From the foregoing'description it will he seen that in v ivind flare can he adjusted to any desired position around its vertical axis i h v nieans'of the adjusting screw 4 and wing nut S,- ivhile it may he adjusted around'its L horizontal axis to conform tothe angle of the niain windshield h v nienns'of the 'adjust-- ing: 'screw and wing not 13.

, I claim: In an attachment for a iviiidshield of niotoi' vehicles, :i 'vrind fia-re, i'iicansI 'for ino-:nit-

ing said iviiid-iaie to permit adjustment of the saine about its `vertical and horizontal axes, said Hare consisting;n of asheetof tuinshiceiit. material having a reecti-ng .surface .across the entire width of the saine andv along the uppermost end thereof.

In testimony ivliereoi': I affix my signature.

ER NEST MCCAULE Y,

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